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HostaHarry van de Laar

Statusnot registered

Originator(s)Cees Visser

Originlongipes f. hypoglauca x 'Maruba Iwa'

Size categorymedium

Plant height x width40x cm (16x in.)

Leaf length x width 

Vein pairs9

Leaf colorgreen

Variegation 

Leafgood, wavy edge

Petiolered

Scape 

Scape height 

Flowerlavender

Flower length 

Fragrant 

Flowering periodAugust - September

Fertile 

Pod 

Ploidy 

Patents 

InfoIntroduced in 2004 by the Dutch Hosta Society and named in honor of Harry van de Laar, a well-known Dutch plantsman who has passed away and did a lot of work on the nomenclature of perennials, trees and shrubs.
This hybrid has grayish-green leaves with white backs that are held on red petioles.
Lilac flowers in late summer.

Sports'Fireball' sport/os
'Memory of Harry' sport/gc

Progeny'Busia's Choice' seedling
'Frisian Misty Sky' = PP x 'Sky Dancer'
'Holar Banana Moon' seedling
'Holar Crimson Grape' = 'One Man's Treasure' x PP
'Holar Red Wine' = PP x 'Katsuragawa Beni'
'Miss Abbie' = PP x 'Smoke Signals'
'Phoenix Feathers' = PP x 'Sun Power'
'Valley's Cactus Bowl' = PP x pycnophylla